(1)The appropriate authority—
(a)shall refer to the Authority—
(i)any complaint alleging that the conduct complained of resulted in the death of or serious injury to some other person; and
(ii)any complaint of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Secretary of State ; and
(b)may refer to the Authority any complaint which is not required to be referred to them.
(2)The Authority may require the submission to them for consideration of any complaint not referred to them by the appropriate authority ; and it shall be the appropriate authority's duty to comply with any such requirement not later than the end of a period specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3)Where a complaint falls to be referred to the Authority under subsection (1)(a) above, it shall be the appropriate authority's duty to refer it to them not later than the end of a period specified in such regulations.
(4)In this Part of this Act " serious injury " means a fracture, damage to an internal organ, impairment of bodily function, a deep cut or a deep laceration.